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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1923)
CARTOONISTS AND SUCH! — ---— Bj O. O. MclNTYKE--— today or the iuiinci - -the bla/' and white masters. In short, li.f cartoonists From the solemn faced Tad to Kobe Goldberg, the merriest wag of the lot. Day in and out they lighten our sorrows—giving us pungent, In dividualistic criticism of human life ami human problems more humaniz ing at times than the printed word. They are sometimes impudent, but always clever. There is Jay N. Darling, to his m. .lers "Ding," who tan draw u warped hoard fit for the galleries. "Ding" lives in lies Moines, where he owns stock in a thriving news paper. He comes to New York often, but all the purring of pub lishers cannot make him leave the* grout middle west. 1 have found pseudo inti llectual isin among cartoonists as 1 have among some writers. "Ding" will sit in draw, tell a good story, play a practical joke, hut, at the same tune, he is a thinker. He is able to assimilate and digest life and draw his own conclusions. .McManus Is Cut-up. George AJ« M inus Is short and pudgy, with a certain gravity of de meanor until you know him. And then he proves a cut-up. Sometimes you will find him at “Dtnty Moore’s”—the corn beef and cab bage cafe near the Globe. His car toon character was not named after the living “Dinty.” It just happens the living “Dinty” and Mr. Mc Manus are friends. “Tad.” whose pseudonym comes form his initials, is T. A Dorgan. Ji was born in San Francisco and a boyhood playmate of Jim at <In at Nock, G. f. “Tad” has an owlish look and the droop of the s< holar. Just when he was making uood as a cartoon Gt an accident deprived him of a finger and he had to learn to draw nil over again with the other hand. He has given the world more slang phrases than any other person. y< n the good (.Id days he was ft rightly visitor to the Rattling Nel son Grill of Jack’s restaurant. His companion was Hype” Tgoe, a sporting writer, and with their ukuleles they made things hum in the nocturnal life of the Roaring Forties. Hut the old days are gone Him “Tad ' does not come to town so often. Golf has claimed him. IT. T. Webster came out <»f Torn myhawk, VVI«, to add v.«st to the cartoon world. Pired in Denver for incornpeten* y, ho landed right side up as Page One *artoonist on the Chicago Int< i Ocean and. as is usual with his ill;. New York claimed him lifm. in uit suin.iKi he goes to the inland he owns at AleddybnmiiS, Maine, fishes and lounge- about the village store. On another* Island, hard by, lives Clare Briggs, whose ' When A Keller Needs A Friend" and other eoinienlltles have went laughs around the world. Briggs Is the HAVe M )H (nrTTa Of>C rJ IM(t AS V •*>»' T€R A CARTCX7NIST MiSTfl? '•’{ ^ fXIS 1 ? ^ i 7f*l-^WUr#“ mac-m .... •• Af4C> HoW \iui‘ii<a's gnat cartoonists taste »ui-<ess, but tlx > worki^l hard for it. -—but not before lie had circled th* world. Ferocious It lack Cigars. Webster is a six footer. He smokes f* lotions Hack chrars. wears his hair fi*n **!y pornpadourtd arid is as gentle and kind as a wobbly little lambkin. The small town folk are his motler. Boyville still calls Pouf Pan of the cart*** n world. If he li\es to be 80 he Will never grow np. lie will always 1 • long to the St'.ne Bruise Age. Walking with Webster one gets an impression of Rhode Island aril Texas. Webster tall and massive. Briggs short and dumpy. And each smokes the Cigar at the Joo Cannon angle. Briggs’ X< w York home is at New IJochellc. His home*. “Blue A nehor," is made of old ship timbers and is one of the j»huw pkn * s of tin* suburb that George M. Cofian im mortalized in his “Forty-Five Min utes from Broadway." There is a Kelly pool room, a big flower conservatory, a swimunn ' pool and a huge studio room with an open fireplace in this house that laughs built. Brig;'-, of course, ,4 a small town product and was horn in JUedsburg, Wis. Knott Stays in Missouri. Jean Knott, the penny ante sketch ct, lives In Clayton. Mo., the county peat of Kt. Isolds county. but spends part of his time in New Vork. Almost any sunny day you cjn And him lounging with the loaf ers ah tit the court house. It is difficult to get him to motor into town—not rv ii to h* "Eddie"— unless you suggest a game of penny ante. He loves the game and why shouldn’t he? Its gentle stimulus has taught him the art of living In plenty without toil. r*. A. Bushnell r< >id* s ip Cleve land. “Bush'' began 1 if*- at hard labor but his unusual talrqtK were soon recognized. He is shy and different and avoids claims and h ick slapping dinners. The ony dyed in the -wool New Yorker I knew among the comic artists is Jack Callahan. jvhn first saw the slight of day in Brooklyn. Rub* L. Goldberg was born in San Franc..-eo but s Idem y is b.u k any more, although he owns sev eral apartment houses 1h*re. He ivs the old town is cl anged. He thrills to his view of Broadway from the Tlf Building at which h*» works. H* sh in. *1 all the newspaper shops when «.*ni to New York with n*> suec#->s and w. s about to return to th Golden (late w h* n he g**t a small chance to “do his stuff ' on the Evening Mail. He has developed into one <■? the highest paid i-srtponiste in the world. Mw.iys ( alb ii Rube. He, like Briggs is a boyish. tin sj:oil. d youn man He works waih a furious intensity but plays just as hard ii* is at home in a hash h*»usa v (i* pri/.eflght*-rs loaf a« well as the R tz. It Would be dif fl'Ult to call I £ Ube Mr. Goldberg ' 1 think he would resent it. Fontaine Fox is a tali, leg young man with a hh*»n ut mustache—Knglish fashion. -m Rouisville, he migrai«d to « go and then the usual stopping place —Manhattan, where original sw ings and ideas won him a i r ■ oaj following. He is rather «i h * - no unassuming but withal * trae irdrnary. He was lx>rn in i is bille, Ky. Al Fruch, the earbatur. a droll appearing young juan. II© hails from Lima, O., but L • nt the larger part of his hf.* in P-irifl and New York. One might find his double in front of the village •drug store almost any sumriKi * ve* f ning. Herb Roth is a Califon. of short but athletic build II* has blond curly hair and the most distinguishing feature " i< v^hat Carolyn Wells terms his •‘button nose.” He lives in Oran rcy Park, a few doors from the P! era, and his off rnomeni^ ar* m canoeing or playing handball. He used to chew tobacco and • jC© grew a beard that was the • afir of his friends. Weep* Over :t Flower. He* likes to appear "a rough iy’1 to hide the romanticism th it 1* his. Frien«!s found him or e r rn ing with tears in his eyes n a public i>nk. He was gazing •* a crushed flow* ! There are other*—too numerous to mention here—who, however, tdd ju-? as much to the : u of nations. And they compose an un usual group of small tow n b« y.< who have made good in the big Their salaries are always big but success has not turned tlnm h* ds. Th* ai home 1< vine. I ng and j ist i' ftilar fellow » They proved their sterling v< i*th during the recent world war The influence they wielded wa rid ing. They *|>ed up activities w*ith simple and homely delineations ind they gave of theft unusual » i nta freely. Jr is email v r ub r *i < of ttie richest men in Ai.h i . i s h-cts us his confidant* and *• .npai oiif the men who <Fhaw the cartoon? He has found that they are shrew . end wise, wonderful friends *». 1 hP ly* loyal. Cory tilth* 1»2* Ly Th*- %f s. *ct Inc ) The- iltar That Claimed | 7 housands of Victims (Continued (rum Pure Mi ) tlon. however, is not derived njone fromJtB former association with a bloody rituul hut from its very ex traordinary artistic ' ha meter. The objects that make up that r.illee tion would not be intelligible, how ever. if viewed apart from the na tional customs and lsdiefs "I.Ike the art of other African peoples on the west coast in the Congo liasin. the fetish is the <*n tral and imposing fart and the artist’s work is response to beliefs connected with fetish worship The fetish and tile potent spells for good or ill, ancestor worship and a belief in watchful iiowers readily moved to make or mar—this tre haagdoiis background of h.-iit f and of tradition from whicb the >J..ls emerged under the sculptors hand as the embodiment of the great realities of his conscious existence, dtreesed the artistic impulse and presided over the creative w..il of (he craftsman." Mils of information A wall it hold* r has been designed that can l>e slipped over a man's belt. For the »uee of travelers, a lint liox has been Invented that folds w hen empty. Compressed air. Is now used in stone quarries in place of blasting powder. Building blocks coated with stue< o . no being made in Prance from t nopped straw compressed in hydraulic presses. A pneumatic apparatus lias been invented for pm king < u'oe sugar in xboxes without touching the pieces with the hands. On the sliding rule principle is a circular calculator that lias neon invented for computing values in the i onstrui tion of radio ap[>aiutus A box containing a system of mirrors has been patented lo enable t persons d feet to be examined for ny irregularities while standing ton it. liy means of small, metal r's.flng os, attached under se< lions of rposltlon shingles, roofing can fc. 1 T. IPP> 'It' l>e. according lo seienllsts, a rapid movements of electrons from atom to atom in tfie wire or wherever the current Is. An electro' appliance has been In tented that can be connected to n light socket and placed over the > sd of any faU'-et to heat the water as it floWS. Farrand s Last Ft ole _«.r,, b-ggor, sometimes a prince, Borne times a highwayman, sometimes a r>-d Indian. Whatever he was, he took the part seriously ar.d kept It up fur (lays and weeks at a time, lie mad* all the other children ac cept It. The whole town talked about him. Some people thought he v its-—a little *juecr. Hut his father was protfd if him. A year or so after we left Weyo I heard that Dm had sent the boy east to col For some reason she could not go on Her throat and lips felt dry. ' Do you remember the young ster's name?" He was always called 'The Play Actor,' by the boys and girls. I'm not sure of his first name, but I think It was— was—" Again her voice failed her 'It was David. The chauffeurs rant’ was Kurrand, though lie was no kin to the old professor witli Ho ard* n. That boy's name was David Karrtmd, - Miss Hclden, and—be is 'play acting’ still:" There was a long silence who h the girl could not break. The young man went on. That's wr y i aupp«u r>a< k whs last fortnight," h« explained, in u qu«tr, flat voire from which all \i tality had gone. "I had made up my mind to stay hero all summer and art the role of Harry Farr nd. so that you would come to see me. so that our friendship would go on My slipping back w;is play acting, my man of mystery attitude was play acting, my Isolation was play acting. Nobody wrote to me and nobody coma to see rae, so 1 had adopted the role of sick hermit to siv* my pride. When you wrote I didn't reply. I was still keeping my role of sick hermit. Hut I had a better reason. I was Afraid. I thought you would come once or twice and then get bored and stop. I didn't want that to happen. 1 couldn’t have endured it. The mem • ry nf you meant too much to roe. For at last,"—and now big Voice vr« w more natural—"I haven't d« celved you In one thing. You were the princess—you are—you always have be#ui and always will Ik* liven wh«*n I was on unwashed cub I used to h i eg around the garage, till 1 found out when you w* re g</,ng off In the cnr. and then I was stirs to be where I C^uld see you go. Hut— conId I tell you that? What had yon and H in Farrsnd's n n In r*>m mon?‘* Again he stopped, but still she did nut speak. "So wh* n you came,” he ecu tinued with an effort, "I play' acted even with you. I had not planned to—] give you rny word. But when you took me for Prof. Ferrnnd's grandson, when you talked of the old garden, the temptation was t<*o great. Don't you see? It gave me my chance to hold your interest for a little whil**. What chance would T>an JVfrand s son have had? And reineml>er you wei e the girl with the blowing hair, that I did all my acting f»>r when I was a hoy, whether or not you m*-rc any where around.” Again silence lay between them *1 have not lied to you,” she heard him resume. *1 never < ialmed to be Prof. Fan and » grandson. And 1 kn« w every inch of the old gar den.” he explained dully, **for J had explored it a thousand time* Harry Karrand used to let me In on the sly. We could always keep out of the old man’s way. That was one of our adventure?—pre tending he whs the ogre find avoid ing him.** *ii8 voice seemed running down from fatigue, but lie doggedly kept '•n talking, ns if now- h«* feared to «top, I«*st she blast bin* with her rcplj Mia face had taken on a look of grim acceptance. “rtf* now you knnav. You would have known today, anyway. I had rijallwd that I must tell you the truth. I couldn't play ac t \vjth you - any longer. One does not play art with the woman one adores O, yes. I’m going to say it, even though 1 am a beggar and I>an Far rand's son. And I can’t say I'm sorry 1 did—what I «li«l. In rn> role as Harry Farrand. the rt*le you yourself offered mo and which I grasped. I stcpfied into your life for a few weeks. Y u will admit ihat I-r-I—took no advantage of it. I merely played my part. I gath ered and piled up my memories. F*v fitsl. I’m glad I *H*1 It," lie broke out fiercely. “Those* memories. «t least, you can't take away from me." lie broke off short, leaned forw u<i to stare at her. stretched out a de p*-into hand that failed to r» p h her and uttered an Inarticulate sound Hofh her bind* were covering her face, but between th*» fingers he saw lcars lie rioilrd ** abruptly ns he hud r* ached out to her Those hand*. h«* thought, were shutting him away,.thorn* tears were the tear* of hurt pride. Kv« n e* *u« h h* . OuM n«*t hear then* “Don’t.” ho bogg.-d, hoarsely. “Don’t—don’t cry. I — 1 , an t bear » •* She took nor handkerchief fi om her pocket and wiped her eyes “I’m—I’m an idiot,” she s.ani mered. ‘■You're an angel Don’t i«* sorry for me Don’t think you have brok en me Try U! realise* what you have really dope f- r me I have «• fed all my life, but n* w I have played my last role. I shall leave here as toon as Bro$n let* me go; and somewhere, somehow, I’m going to make a man of myself—in mem ory of you. So. you see. you ha VS done all you tried to do for me. and triors.” HU voice grew desperate, ■■please, picas? don’t cry again!” Dm* more Mi** Be 1dm wiped her ♦ ves Th* n she spoke In a voire whose delivery was greatly hard! by the childish gulp* with which her word* rams out. ’’I’m—crying—(Wats** you — w ore—so lonely —and—you—are—su stupid,” she brought forth, “with with—your—self n pn aoh—and your -•your- valedictories. I — I want — to—see—you—go—to—work. I want to—ti> help you. \nd am! so will dad. Who . nr*s whoso son you were? I don’t. Dad won’t. And I don’t see win you should think I am a snob. Tin s.* medals and wounds of yours make v«*u an) body's equal And—and—If you don’t say some nice things—this— very—minute about that girl with the blowing him 'Dome here,” cried David Far rand. In a new. triumphant voice “Corns here this instant or I’ll I'll tip over this wheel chair’ ’ She came and the two «lung to K**th*r Inside the wishing ting. & » up) right, j*: ' A portable electric machine for s iting screws and nuts has hern Invented Hint has a self-contained electric root or which enn ho oper ated from a light socket A "flying railway Is the claim of a French Inventor, who says bv tiding aluminum cars the railway could carry 60,000 pas.** ng»*n» a day .it uo miles an 1iour. The University of l\ nnsylvanla h e. h>. i # \pettiti-*i i In Kgvpt where rui-avalcru an searching for hits of information relating to the actlvl* ties of men In twist ni • s i icmiet,* hi thiniaiy ha\e pi t dll * d a <*fUol'|o8H, odol h *» lhjuid that will r.inkr wool mothproof without in tnv w-iv injuring nr fci »■!»{. -• »i)t e»t'i that I-* treated '\ncr Mini! a Koval ( roan—/ ff uni Lot • foul In »**d From F'»*s One When she was only 13 years old she had earned the tills of 1 l ittle Mother' among the court:} folk around the palace of Han l{o“snre, near Pisa, where the royal family usually spends the autumn, she overcame in those early day - the shyness naturally caused by the bar of royalty to mutual . ler standing in conversation. It is not my fault that 1 am a prince s ' she once burst . an old woman who steadfastly ret i-ed to thaw in her prescnee and re mained standing In spite nf rhe g.rr* Risistence that she Is . d. Then Yolanda advanced ami |,ut lihjj her arms arounJ the woman’s neck, touched her shriveled ~ heek with her lire*. All class distinction suddenly vanished In the wave of emotion on the old lady 's part Another proof of the prim -s s disregard for court convention is her answer to an Italian tailor in this country who asked permission to make her any kind of a o she desired if she would only send him her measurements. * 1 want.’’ she wrote to the h i ror" of her ladies in waiting, "a per’'sot fitting riding habit, a- 1 line. • \er had one," In due time the riding hah. ar rived It fitt«d to perfection md thus f- r the first time Yul.ir.fta \ **re something that had xn»t b-•« pre scribed by her mother and ?U art dressmakers. Lucky lilt!«* prim • ss of th* »ld en heart*' Wouldn't cvei> - her d.night* r of royalty l l \ . < if she could have tier own sw»»? way in lov* Just as Yolanda I . - had? Perhaps more «*f them will. tow that Yolanda and her addict hua hand have shown what a little determination can do * \« n ui the f •• of the sternest myai tr .»n. An electrical apparatus Ire een nvtnf-d l\ a i»f< harm (1 J\ i-ue which automatically displays rui nated signs in railway cars * . be fore the arrival at each stall*'. An American Invent*: h. i ind it possible to make a soup item eornmeal that w ill net only «iiove spots and dirt from the hut will do away with stains n«I snuidgos on all kinds of faP A dental lamp which cm** un of light through the to- • h * * re cently Iwen Inv* hI*h! w ’ c. h nil nates a long felt handicap to sa ful d* i ttstrv. The lamp • on tains *» vacuum, so u w .11 be < ome hot nud burn fh* •> n.